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Chapter 28: Horrificator, Part 3
Ladybug tilted her head. Did she hear singing?
She listened to the sound. It was out of tune and only vaguely resembled song, but her classmates were definitely singing - and hopefully it would be enough to keep them calm.
As Horrificator bounded towards her classmates, Ladybug did her best to keep up despite her bad ankle. Meanwhile, her classmates singing became louder and clearer.
"Aux armes, citoyens,
"Formez vos bataillons."
Horrificator screeched and shrunk, and Ladybug couldn't help but grin. She'd have to make sure to compliment the class as Ladybug.
Ladybug swung her yo-yo and wrapped in around Horrificator's body, but the yo-yo just cut through the slime and slid off. The door burst open as Horrificator bounded into the locker room. The song broke off for a moment, but Alya and Adrien restarted singing almost immediately.
"Qu'un sang impur."
The class started again, and Horrificator visibly shrunk.
"Good work!" Ladybug called. Alya beamed at the compliment.
Horrificator roared, and swung its tail around the room. Alya and Nino kept singing, but the rest of the class shrieked and dove for cover. Horrificator neither grew nor shrunk, so Nino, Alya, and Juleka must have been enough to balance out the rest of the class.
Horrificator grabbed Kim and Chloe with her tail and shrieked again. She bounded off, and Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around one of her legs and let Horrificator drag her.
But Horrificator didn't like being a horse, and she used her tail to whack Ladybug off. She skidded across the courtyard, catching herself and standing back up. With Chloe and Kim still caught in her tail, Horrificator turned to Ladybug. Seeing the chance to return to her earlier plan, Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around the railing and pushed off the ground.
Horrificator roared and spat another clump of goo at Ladybug while she was mid-air, and Ladybug was thrown upwards.
Ladybug collided with the goo that covered the top of the courtyard. The goo melded together, trapping Ladybug in the air.
Horrificator roared again and ran off. Ladybug's earrings beeped again, warning her that she needed to escape. But with her lucky charm used, she was out of options.
Out of the corner of her eye, something black started to spread - Chat Noir's cataclysm.
The goo surrounding the school and Ladybug dissolved, and Ladybug was released from the sky. A silver line passed by the edge of her vision, and Chat Noir appeared just in time to catch her.
"Perfect timing," Ladybug said.
"Thanks." Chat Noir let Ladybug down. "Sorry I took so long. The Unclocker's powers were keeping me from sneaking away to transform."
"I had the same problem with Gamer," Ladybug replied. "I have to recharge. Can you handle Horrificator while I'm gone?"
Chat Noir nodded. "Don't worry. She's no match for this cat. I'll get the students out as well."
Ladybug nodded and ran off, earrings beeping once again in her ears. She darted outside of the school and hid behind a street pole. Her transformation faded, and Marinette collapsed behind the pole.
"That was close." Tikki nodded. "Good thing you can always count on Chat Noir!"
"I don't know what I would do without him." Marinette check her bag. "I don't have any food for you. I'll have to find some."
Chat Noir opened the door to the locker room.
"Chat Noir!" Nino yelled, raising up his phone.
"The slime that was trapping you is no longer a problem," Chat Noir announced. "Everybody needs to get out."
"My buddy was taken," Nino said. "Adrien."
"And Kim," Alix added.
Chat Noir nodded. "I know, I'll save them. But you need to get out." He looked at Alya. "All of you."
"I'll make sure everyone gets out," Alya said. "You handle Horrificator."
Chat Noir nodded. "I'll get your friends to safety. Don't worry." With a salute, he left his classmates and started after Horrificator.
As Chat Noir tracked the slime away from the locker rooms and through the courtyard, his ring beeped, reminding him he would need to destransform soon too. But first, he had to keep Horrificator occupied so his classmates could get to safety.
The slime led to the same basement as before.
Chat Noir extended his baton and creeped into the room. Horrificator was just moving from a bubble of slime, where either Chloe or Kim was now stuck.
"Mylene!" Chat Noir called. "Let them go!"
Horrificator roared and bounded over to Chat Noir. She swung her tail, and Chat Noir easily ducked. He raised his baton and spun it, deflecting a blast of slime.
His wrist burned from the motion, but he ignored the pain.
He had harder time ignoring the beep from his ring.
Chat Noir couldn't help but feel a little fear at the warning, and Horrificator grew a size. She roared, blasting Chat Noir with stinky breath.
Chat Noir made a point out of gagging, but Horrificator ignored the gesture.
Horrificator swiped with her tail again, forcing Chat Noir to move from his spot and into the room. She blasted him with goo, and he shielded himself with his baton.
Chat Noir's ring beeped again as he and Horrificator circled each other. She swiped her tail, and Chat Noir jumped over and landed in time to block another blast of slime.
As Chat Noir circles back to his original position, his ring beeped again, for the last time. He had seconds to get out of there before he transformed back.
No, I am not cackling while leaving you guys on a cliffhanger. It's a cough, I swear.
Okay, maybe I am cackling. Cliffhangers are fun on this side of them.